Momentarily stumped

IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/03/2014

At the India Today conclave telecast on Headlines Today on Friday night Arvind Kejriwal did not have quite the easy passage he had on Facebook Talks Live on NDTV. There were aggressive questions he could not answer, or answered lamely, about Somnath Bharti's business interests and things he did not do during his CM stint. Luckily for him, this lot did not ask the question that was being asked at the same time on Times Now-- whose private jet did he use for his trip to Gujarat?

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.